Published: 7 January, 2008, 21:52
Edited: 7 January, 2008, 21:52
Sudan is Africa's biggest country and the tenth largest in the world and has seen endless conflicts. It emerged from a 21 year civil war between the mainly Muslim North and the Animist and Christian South.
The United Nations has been in the region since 2005 to monitor a peace agreement. Russian peacekeepers play a key role in bringing stability to the area.